AI leaders warn UN Security Council that unregulated AI threatens humanity

AI industry leaders told the UN Security Council on Wednesday that unregulated artificial intelligence could threaten all of humanity, urging global safeguards to prevent the technology from becoming uncontrollable. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified that poor management could make AI a risk to humanity, calling for international controls and warning against concentrating power in one company or country. UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband backed their plea, saying the world cannot ignore them. The US opposed new global governance, with White House adviser Michael Kratsios arguing development should not be constrained. The meeting followed UN warnings about "killer robots" and came as China's president prepared to visit Washington, with both nations competing for AI dominance.